leaving

[ lee-ving ]

/ ˈli vɪŋ /

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Definition of leaving

noun

something that is left; residue.

leavings, leftovers or remains; refuse.

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Origin of leaving

First recorded in 1300–50, leaving is from the Middle English word leving.See leave¹, -ing¹

Words nearby leaving

leave to someone's own devices, leave to someone's tender mercies, Leave well enough alone, leave without a leg to stand on, leave word, leaving, leavings, Leavis, Leavitt, leavy, Leawood

How to use leaving in a sentence

She left us—no, she was taken, for it’s wrong to imply there was any agency in her leaving—the same week as Mother’s Day.
On Losing a Mom, Then Becoming One|Eliza Berman|May 7, 2022|Time
What’s permitted on social media is at once ill-defined and mercurial leaving creators wondering how to support themselves on a platform that could shut them out entirely without much notice.
Porn shows how financial firms are the new gatekeepers for the creator economy|Scott Nover|September 16, 2021|Quartz
Giving him a hug and leaving and not knowing if I would see him again.
'Don't Give Up Hope.' A Mother On The Pain of Losing Her Son To Opioids and Learning To Find Her Voice|Paul Moakley|May 7, 2021|Time
Meanwhile, Soviet guards at the train station had been lured from their positions to join the leaving party at their hotel.
Lunik: Inside the CIA’s audacious plot to steal a Soviet satellite|Bobbie Johnson|January 28, 2021|MIT Technology Review

On Dec. 22, 1799, Sands told her cousins that she would be leaving to elope with a fellow boarder named Levi Weeks that night.
New York’s Most Tragic Ghost Loves Minimalist Swedish Fashion|Nina Strochlic|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The result is that drone operators are leaving the Air Force in droves.
Exclusive: U.S. Drone Fleet at ‘Breaking Point,’ Air Force Says|Dave Majumdar|January 5, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Will he go for the schoolteacher and abandon the family, leaving behind his smashing dinner suits?
What Downton’s Fashion Really Means|Katie Baker|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Because of this, the peacekeeping forces have been blocking Muslims from leaving on envoys out of the country.
The Year’s Most Forgotten Humanitarian Crisis|Nina Strochlic|January 1, 2015|DAILY BEAST
It drains your body of nutrients and vitamins, attacking the central nervous system and leaving you in a dehydrated, hazy state.
History's Craziest Hangover Cures|Justin Jones|December 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
These Rules (leaving out the Tenor) serves for five bells; and leaving out the fifth and Tenor, they serve for four bells.
Tintinnalogia, or, the Art of Ringing|Richard Duckworth and Fabian Stedman
Janet might have said before leaving: "Tea had better not wait too long--Hilda has to be down at Clayhanger's at half-past six."
Hilda Lessways|Arnold Bennett
The governor went, but, leaving all the men who accompanied him, returned alone.
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume XX, 1621-1624|Various
With this I will end this letter, leaving it in this state until it is time to seal it, in case anything should occur to be added.
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume XX, 1621-1624|Various
He silenced her with a gesture, and, leaving a piece of toast half-eaten on his plate, he got up and went into his study.
Uncanny Tales|Various